(A) No elected official has an obligation to avold the appearance of impropriety
(B) All elected officials have a vested interest in mainatining a high public approval rating.
(C) Elected official who have beeen scrupulous in satisfying the obligations of their office should ensure that the public is aware of this fact.
(D) The public never approves of an elected official who appears to have behaved improperly in office
(E) Elected officials who abuse the power of their office have an obligation at least to appear to be fulfilling the obligations of their office.
10. Cafereria patron The apples sold in this cafeteria are greasy. The cashier told me that the apples are in that condition when they are delivered to the cafeteria and that the cafeteria does not wash the apples it sells. Most fruit is sprayed with dangerous pesticides before it is harvested, and is dangerous until it is washed. Clearly, the cafeteria is selling pesticide-covered fruit thereby endangering its patrons.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?